Rail-splice.



PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

G. w. BLANCHARD.

RAIL SPLICE. APPLICATION nun KAR.29,1907.

t O t- M e v u 3 $6076 WBM/wkmd wanes) (1 EU RG10 W. BLA NUlIAltl), 01" ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RAIL-SPLICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1907.

7'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .l, (inonon WV. BLANCH- ARI), a citizen. of the United States of All'lOllUft, residing at St. l mu'is, in the county of St. Louis City and State of ivlisstmri, have invented. new and useful linproveinents in Rail-Qplices, of which the l" '.illowing a specification.

This invention. relates to rail splices, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a rail splice in which the pounding of the rolling stock at tl 1.0 joint will he obviated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a joint which will not require the use of fish plates and will not sink at the oint.

Still another object of the invention. is to provide a rail splice which will obviate the pounding of the rolling stock against the rail joint, will always hold the railsiirmly in position, will obviate spreading or sinking or creeping, the ends of the rails being confined within a chair which '1 its over the base flanges of the rails and extends beyond the joint.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated, in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail splice made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the meeting ends of one of the rails.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular (,leseription of my invention, the numerals 1 designate the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails in which the tread portion, the web, and the base flange are cut away on a median line vertically for a distance back of the outer end of the rail, thus providing a shoulder 2 against which the terminal end 3 of the oppositely disposed rails abut. The rabbeted ends of the rail thus form. a continuous tread surface for the rolling stock Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Serial No. 365,371..

only broken by a lateral joint extending across one half -of-the tread surface of the rail and disposed upon opposite sides thereof. The web portions of the rabhoted ends 4 of the rails are 'n-ovided with tln'ough slots 5 for the bolts 6, thus permitting expansion and contraction of the rails without interfering with the splice. A rail chair 7 extending beyond the ends of the rails is provided with spike apertures 8 by means of which the chair is spiked. to the ties. The chair 7 is provided. with flanges 9, said chair being 1101- low and provided with a recess through. which the ends of the rails are inserted and brought together for the through bolts 6.

From the foregoing it Will be obvious that a rail splice made in accordance with. my i11- vention is of U()11]]l)fl,I3,l/lV6ly simple construction, does not require fish plates, will obviate spreading, sinking or creeping of the rail ends, and can be easily attached and connected to the ties.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

The herein. described rail splice comprising rails, the ends of which are provided with rabbets formed on vertical lines extending through the tread portion, the web and the flange of the rails, a chair for inclosing the base flanges of the rails, said chair having inwardly extending flanges hearing at their inner edges against the sides of the Webs of the rails, said chair being formed in a single piece and having spike notches in the outer edges thereof, and bolts passing through slots in the web portions of the rabbeted ends of the rails, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. BLANCHARD Witnesses EUGENE CARTER, M. J. SHEAHAN. 

